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Hoping for a hit … Woolworths's digital multi-channel expert, Penny Winn. Illustration: John Shakespeare
If you thought Australian retailers were being bypassed by online-oriented consumers who were no longer under their grip, think again.
Woolworths's digital multi-channel expert, Penny Winn, told a Trans-Tasman business lunch yesterday how smartphone users had become increasingly fixated by their devices and that shopping was a natural addition to their use.
Noting how 1.6 million people had downloaded the Woolies phone app, Winn said smartphones had become a part of our make-up as if we were addicted to them.
''I guess the one thing about these things is that it's almost like a heroin hit,'' she said.
Nervous pause. ''Not that I've ever had it.''
WAY WITH WORDS
The chief executive of James Hardie, Louis Gries, was careful not to provide too many comments yesterday that could potentially be taken out of context or paraphrased.
''I'm kinda anti-Asia,'' said Gries, about his aversion to selling newly-developed fibre cement products in the region.
''Because everything commoditises so fast in Asia. That's kinda why we pulled out looking at Korea and a few other countries,'' he said at the group's fourth-quarter results briefing in Sydney.
POSITIVE THINKING
The chief executive of Qantas, Alan Joyce, emphasised the positives yesterday after he announced the retrenchment of 500 jobs at the airline's two Melbourne heavy maintenance bases.
''This is a positive story about what Qantas is doing … we should be getting all the support we can in order to maximise the amount of jobs we maintain here in Australia,'' he said.
Joyce urged unions to ''emphasise the positives and stop attacking the Qantas brand and … stop crying wolf about safety and offshoring''.
However, Joyce said ''we know there will be disappointment amongst those workers directly affected, their families and their colleagues''.
SEMINAR SAVIOUR
A last-ditch attempt has been made to save one endangered species from extinction - the free ASX Investor Hour. The Australian Shareholders' Association yesterday said it was ''working furiously'' to keep the monthly face-to-face seminar going and rebadge it as the ASA Investor Hour.
In response to the Australian Securities Exchange's plans to turn the two-decade old event (held in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne) into an online ''webinar'' from July, the ASA chief executive, Vas Kolesnikoff, said he hoped the stock exchange would ''support our efforts in investor education''.
''I'm looking for some small support from the ASX and others to keep advertising the ASA Investor Hour on their website,'' he said.
The ASX says it plans to ''professionally record presentations from industry experts on a range of topics'' from July.
''And it will enable all interested investors with access to a computer to view the presentations at their convenience, including viewing interstate presentations that may not have been previously available to them,'' it said in an email to CBD. The ASX's communications manager, Matthew Gibbs, said: ''The ASX would have no issue with what the ASA is proposing.''
MORE IN THE TANK
Oil Search director Dr Ziggy ''Strangelove'' Switkowski has found a few extra beans in his pocket to take advantage of the recent 13 per cent dip in the share price of the Papua New Guinean oil and gas company.
A change of directors' notice filed by the company yesterday showed a super fund, which he is a beneficiary of, outlaid $507,750 to snap up 75,000 Oil Search shares at $6.77 each. This lifted the former Telstra chief executive's stake to 175,000 shares.
JOBS FOR THE BOYS
The former Commonwealth Bank chief executive Sir Ralph Norris shared his insights on ''the Australian experience'' to a New Zealand business lunch yesterday, where he hit out at the ''boys' club'' approach to employing company directors and executives.
According to a report in the New Zealand version of BusinessDay, Sir Ralph told a Global Women and Trans-Tasman function in Auckland that over 60 per cent of Australian university graduates were female.
''Why would any business ignore the most important resource and, more importantly, quality people?'' he said.
Sir Ralph said the ''let's talk about rugby, let's go have a beer'' attitude had been entrenched in corporate culture for a long time.
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Efinancial Wholesale Sales Contest Winners Announced, Two Deserving Life Insurance Brokers Awarded a Dream Vacation - YAHOO!
Efinancial Wholesale, a leading online life insurance wholesaler, is proud to announce the winners of the First Quarter-2012 Efinancial Sales Incentive. The well deserved prizes were awarded to both an Efinancial call center agent and an individual producer.
Bellevue, Wash. (PRWEB) May 21, 2012
Efinancial Wholesale, a leading online life insurance brokerage, proudly announces the winners of their latest sales contest. The First Quarter-2012 Efinancial Sales Incentive proved to be a great success, motivating top Efinancial life insurance agents to compete for a chance to win one of two dream vacations.Originally established in 2003, Efinancial Wholesale has since revolutionized the life insurance industry. Today Efinancial Wholesale is widely recognized as an innovator in the field of online life insurance sales. Offering member agents access to a wide breadth of products, coupled with cutting edge technology; Efinancial Wholesale equips their family of brokers with the tools and resources necessary to excel in today’s modern business climate.
The Efinancial Wholesale First Quarter-2012 Sales Incentive began on Tuesday, January 3, and ended Saturday, March 31. During the contest, Efinancial life insurance brokers competed for a chance to win one of two tropical vacations. Call centers competed for one trip, while the family of Efinancial individual producers competed for a separate dream vacation. Each winner received: roundtrip airfare, an all-inclusive resort package for 4 days and 3 nights and transportation to and from the airport, for themselves and a guest. Each winner was given the opportunity to select either Cabo San Lucas, Mexico or the Bahamas for their dream vacation destination.
Agents and call centers competed to win contest raffle tickets based upon specific sales goals.
The Efinancial Wholesale team provided standings and updates throughout the life of the contest. Winners were then announced through a video recorded drawing on April 3, the results of which were posted on the Efinancial Wholesale Blog. Christopher B. was the call center winner and Michael G. took home the individual producer prize. Both Christopher and Michael posted impressive sales numbers, throughout the first quarter, and were handsomely rewarded for their efforts.
“We are pleased with the results of the First Quarter-2012 Sales Incentive,” said Pete Kalasountas, Director of Efinancial Wholesale. “The entire Efinancial Wholesale team got in the spirit of the competition. Both winners worked hard throughout the contest and it’s our pleasure to reward their efforts.”
The Efinancial Wholesale management team is committed to nurturing a healthy, positive work environment. Quarterly sales incentives are held to reward top performers and acknowledge hard work and dedication. Plans are already underway for the Second Quarter-2012 Efinancial Sales Incentive. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements from the Efinancial Wholesale team, as they explore new ways to motivate and encourage success among their growing family of top producing life insurance brokers.
If you would like to learn more about Efinancial Wholesale life insurance services, visit them online at http://www.efinancialwholesale.com or call 1.800.648.9504.
About Efinancial Wholesale
Efinancial Wholesale is a full service online wholesale life insurance brokerage. Offering a comprehensive life insurance framework, Efinancial Wholesale provides their community of life insurance brokers with resources and technology to remain competitive in the life insurance industry. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Efinancial is a licensed broker in all 50 states with access to the top-rated life insurance carriers in the market.
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